Boy · Germanic, with Middle English pet form
Hob
Say it: HOB
Meaning
A medieval pet form of Robert, formed by rhyming on Rob.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A common pet name of 14th-century England, surviving in the surnames Hobbs and Hobson.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Hobbe
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
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